Joel Lamstein

Joel Lamstein was born in Brooklyn, New York. He is married to Sarah Lamstein and has three children.

Lamstein graduated from the University of Michigan in 1965 with a Bachelor of Science in Math and Physics. He was present for President John F. Kennedy's announcement of the creation of the Peace Corps in 1960, which has influenced his life choices.{{cite web|title=A Passing of the Torch|url=http://peacecorps.umich.edu|publisher=University of Michigan}}

After graduation, Lamstein worked at IBM before attending the MIT Sloan School of Management .{{cite web|title=Board of Directors|url=http://www.globalhealth.org/view_top.php3?id=39|work=Global Health Council - The Voice for Global Health|publisher=Global Health Council|accessdate=21 January 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110119175716/https://www.globalhealth.org/view_top.php3?id=39|archivedate=19 January 2011}} While at Sloan, Lamstein became involved in anti-war activities. His MIT professors took notice and invited him to do the computer model programming on a public health research project, introducing him to the field of global health.

In 1971, Lamstein co-founded Management Sciences for Health (MSH), a nonprofit international health organization.{{cite web|title=Management Sciences for Health - About Us|url=http://www.msh.org/about-us/index.cfm|publisher=Management Sciences for Health|accessdate=18 January 2011}} In 1978, Joel Lamstein and Norbert Hirschhorn left MSH and founded John Snow, Incorporated (JSI), named after the father of epidemiology, John Snow, and initially launched as a small for-profit business focused on health care in the United States. In 1979, Lamstein launched an affiliated nonprofit partner, JSI Research & Training Institute, and in 1980, the organizations began working internationally. In addition to leading JSI, in 1982 Lamstein assumed the role of president of World Education, an organization founded in 1951 to meet the needs of the educationally disadvantaged, particularly women and girls.{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.worlded.org/WEIInternet/aboutus/index.cfm|publisher=World Education|accessdate=18 Jan 2011}}

Today, Joel Lamstein leads more than 3,600 staff from three organizations in 45 countries, implementing more than 300 projects that strengthen health and educational systems, build community skills and support, and address people’s health care and literacy needs.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}}

Lamstein is an adjunct senior lecturer at the Harvard School of Public Health). He has also lectured at various universities including: the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, MIT Sloan School, the Boston University School of Public Health, and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government on organizational strategy, nonprofit management, international development, and strategic management. In 2016, Lamstein was appointed Chair of Dean’s Advisory Board at Boston University School of Public Health.{{cite web|url=http://www.bu.edu/sph/announcement/joel-lamstein-is-new-chair-of-deans-advisory-board/|title=Joel Lamstein Named New Chair of Dean's Advisory Board|last=|first=|date=2016-03-11|website=|publisher=Boston University School of Public Health|accessdate=2016-03-14}} He is also the Board Chair at the nonprofit [https://seedglobalhealth.org/about/our-team/#.XSyQj-tKiUk Seed Global Health] and on the advisory council of the [https://www.childrenshealthfund.org/advisory-council/ Children’s Health Fund] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902143517/https://www.childrenshealthfund.org/advisory-council/ |date=2019-09-02 }} in New York.

Lamstein has advised multiple public health initiatives across the globe with specific focus on health care management.{{cite journal|title=Joel Lamstein - PHR Board of Directors|journal=Physicians for Human Rights}}

Lamstein and JSI support several awards and scholarships, including the John Snow, Inc. Awards at: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,{{cite web|url=http://www.jhsph.edu/departments/international-health/the-globe/archive/summer2011/jsiaward.html|title=The John Snow, Inc. Award Presented by JSI President and Founder, Joel Lamstein|last=Howard|first=Bandon|date=|website=|publisher=Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health|accessdate=2011-06-22}} The University of Michigan School of Public health, Boston University School of Public Health, The University of Southern California, the Mabelle Arole Fellowship in India administered by the American Medical Student Association, among others.

Lamstein was profiled in The New York Times The Boss column in 2011, under the headline "[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/28/jobs/28boss.html Witnessing Social Impact]."

In September 2009, Lamstein was selected for the CEO Social Leadership Award, sponsored by the Lewis Family Foundation and presented by the Boston Business Journal.{{cite news|title=Lamstein selected as Social Leadership honoree|newspaper=Boston Business Journal|date=25 August 2009}} George Donnelly, editor of the Boston Business Journal and a member of the CEO Social Leadership Award selection committee, remarked, “Joel Lamstein embodies the CEO who completely walks the talk around social responsibility."{{cite news|title=Joel Lamstein Recipient of 2009 Social Leadership Award|url=http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/11418|accessdate=8 April 2011|newspaper=Global Health Council|date=26 August 2009}} Lamstein has made a social impact through JSI health care programs as well as a policy of donating five to seven percent of net profits to charity.{{cite news|title=Joel Lamstein selected for CEO Social Leadership Award|newspaper=New England Cable News|date=10 September 2009}}

[http://www.necn.com/Boston/Business/2009/09/10/Joel-Lamstein-selected-for-CEO/1252627623.html NECN video interview with Joel Lamstein]

In 2003, Lamstein and two other JSI staff were knighted for their exceptional work in public health in Madagascar. Lamstein received the Médaille de l’Officier de l’Ordre National Malagasy, earning the title of Lord Lamstein.{{cite journal|last=HealthLink Editor|title=Lamstein Bestowed Lordship by Madagascar|journal=HealthLink|date=1 August 2003|issue=122|url=http://www.globalhealth.org/publications/article.php3?id=1014|accessdate=8 April 2011}}

Lamstein addressed graduating MPH students at the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine convocation in December, 2007.{{cite news|last=Brown|first=Kiley|title=Degrees in December|url=http://tulane.edu/news/newwave/121407_graduation.cfm|accessdate=8 April 2011|newspaper=New Wave: Tulane University|date=14 December 2007}} His speech encouraged new graduates to get involved and understand the field, while "moving on."

1. Blog: [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-mexico-city-policy-does-not-actually-consider-womens_us_588bb9dce4b06364bb1e258f The Mexico City Policy does not Actually Consider Women’s Health] The Huffington Post. 27 January 2017.{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-mexico-city-policy-does-not-actually-consider-womens_us_588bb9dce4b06364bb1e258f|title=The Mexico City Policy does not Actually Consider Women's Health|last=Lamstein|first=Joel|date=2017-01-27|website=The Huffington Post|language=en-US|access-date=2017-08-08}}
2. Blog: [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joel-lamstein/powering-programs-with-th_b_9263402.html Powering Programs With the Right Vaccines to the Right Place at the Right Time...] The Huffington Post. 18 February 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joel-lamstein/powering-programs-with-th_b_9263402.html|title=Powering Programs With the Right Vaccines to the Right Place at the Right Time...|last=Lamstein|first=Joel|date=2016-02-18|website=The Huffington Post|language=en-US|access-date=2017-08-08}}
3. Blog: [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joel-lamstein/six-ways-to-rebuild-liberias-health-system-whats-next-for-liberia_b_7950952.html Six Ways to Rebuild Liberia’s Health System: What’s Next for Liberia] The Huffington Post. 6 August 2015.{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joel-lamstein/six-ways-to-rebuild-liberias-health-system-whats-next-for-liberia_b_7950952.html|title=Six Ways to Rebuild Liberia's Health System: What's Next for Liberia|last=Lamstein|first=Joel|date=2015-08-06|website=The Huffington Post|language=en-US|access-date=2017-08-08}}
4. Blog: [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joel-lamstein/local-liberian-communitie_b_6374224.html Local Liberian Communities Take Action] The Huffington Post. 24 December 2014.{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joel-lamstein/local-liberian-communitie_b_6374224.html|title=Local Liberian Communities Take Action|last=Lamstein|first=Joel|date=2014-12-24|website=The Huffington Post|language=en-US|access-date=2017-08-08}}
5. Blog: [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joel-lamstein/health-workers-on-the-fro_1_b_6194216.html Health Workers on the Frontlines of the Ebola Epidemic in Liberia] The Huffington Post. 21 November 2014.{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joel-lamstein/health-workers-on-the-fro_1_b_6194216.html|title=Health Workers on the Frontlines of the Ebola Epidemic in Liberia|last=Lamstein|first=Joel|date=2014-11-21|website=The Huffington Post|language=en-US|access-date=2017-08-08}}
6. Blog: [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joel-lamstein/simple-solutions-to-globa_b_5503500.html Simple Solutions to Global Problems: How Two Medicines Promise Life for Mothers and Infants in Nigeria] The Huffington Post. 17 June 2014.{{cite web|last1=Lamstein|first1=Joel|title=Simple Solutions to Global Problems: How Two Medicines Promise Life for Mothers and Infants in Nigeria|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joel-lamstein/simple-solutions-to-globa_b_5503500.html|website=The Huffington Post|date=17 June 2014 |accessdate=2014-06-25}}
7. Blog: [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joel-lamstein/using-technology-to-close_b_4897438.html Using Technology to Close the Education Gap for Girls] The Huffington Post. 6 March 2014.{{cite web|last1=Lamstein|first1=Joel|title=Using Technology to Close the Education Gap for Girls|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joel-lamstein/using-technology-to-close_b_4897438.html|website=The Huffington Post|date=6 March 2014 |accessdate=2014-06-25}}
8. Blog: [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joel-lamstein/global-health-care_b_2095164.html Getting Meds to Sick Kids at the End of the Supply Chain]{{cite web|last1=Lamstein|first1=Joel|title=Getting Meds to Sick Kids at the End of the Supply Chain|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joel-lamstein/global-health-care_b_2095164.html|website=The Huffington Post|date=9 November 2012 |accessdate=2014-06-25}} The Huffington Post. 9 November 2012.
9. Feature: [https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/28/jobs/28boss.html?_r=2 "Witnessing Social Impact, The Boss column"] The New York Times. 28 August 2011.{{cite news|last=Lamstein|first=Joel|title=Witnessing Social Impact|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/28/jobs/28boss.html?_r=2|work=The New York Times|date=27 August 2011}}
10. Blog: [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joel-lamstein/international-womens-day-_b_831834.html “International Women’s Day: Can Technology Close the Gap for Girls and Women?”] The Huffington Post. 9 March 2011.{{cite news|last=Lamstein|first=Joel|title=International Women's Day: Can Technology Close the Gap for Girls and Women?|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joel-lamstein/international-womens-day-_b_831834.html|website=The Huffington Post|date=25 May 2011}}
11. Blog: [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joel-lamstein/us-investments-in-health-_b_816667.html “U.S. Investments in Health are Working—and Georgia Reminds Us We Must Sustain and Extend the Gains."]The Huffington Post. 3 Feb 2011.{{cite news|last=Lamstein|first=Joel|title=U.S. Investments in Health are Working-and Georgia Reminds Us We Must Sustain and Extend the Gains|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joel-lamstein/us-investments-in-health-_b_816667.html|website=The Huffington Post|date=5 April 2011}}
12. Blog: [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joel-lamstein/why-nutrition-matters_b_582040.html “Why Nutrition Matters.”]The Huffington Post. 19 May 2010.{{cite news|last=Lamstein|first=Joel|title=Why Nutrition Matters|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joel-lamstein/why-nutrition-matters_b_582040.html|website=The Huffington Post|date=19 May 2010}}
13. Blog: [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joel-lamstein/re-discovering-us-leaders_b_416102.html "Re-Discovering U.S. Leadership: An Unlikely Contender."]The Huffington Post. 8 Jan 2010.{{cite news|last=Lamstein|first=Joel|title=Re-Discovering U.S. Leadership: An Unlikely Contender|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joel-lamstein/re-discovering-us-leaders_b_416102.html|website=The Huffington Post|date=25 May 2011}}
14. Feature: [http://www.sph.umich.edu/alumni/networks/spring10/lamstein.htm “An Obligation to Give Back: Joel Lamstein Covers the World but Still has Time for Philanthropy”]University of Michigan School of Public Health. Spring 2010.{{cite web|title=An Obligation to Give Back|url=http://www.sph.umich.edu/alumni/networks/spring10/lamstein.htm|work=University of Michigan School of Public Health|publisher=University of Michigan|accessdate=16 April 2011}}
15. Feature: [http://www.globalhealth.umich.edu/images/newsandevents/newsletter/CGH%20F09%20FINAL.pdf “Alumni Focus: Joel Lamstein.”]Focus: University of Michigan Center for Global Health. Fall 2009.{{cite journal|title=Alumni Focus: Joel Lamstein|journal=Focus: University of Michigan Center for Global Health|date=Fall 2009|url=http://www.globalhealth.umich.edu/images/newsandevents/newsletter/CGH%20F09%20FINAL.pdf}}
16. Interview: [http://www.necn.com/Boston/Business/2009/09/10/Joel-Lamstein-selected-for-CEO/1252627623.html “Joel Lamstein Selected for CEO Social Leadership Award.”] New England Cable News. 10 September 2009.{{cite news|title=Joel Lamstein Selected for CEO Social Leadership Award|url=http://www.necn.com/Boston/Business/2009/09/10/Joel-Lamstein-selected-for-CEO/1252627623.html|newspaper=New England Cable News|date=10 September 2009}}

• Boston University School of Public Health: Chair of the Dean's Advisory Committee
• Seed Global Health: Chair of the Board of Trustees
• [http://www.bostonpartners.org/ Boston Partners in Education]: Board of Directors
• [https://www.childrenshealthfund.org/our-mission/ Children’s Health Fund] in New York: Advisory Council{{cite web|title=Advisory Council|url=http://www.childrenshealthfund.org/about-us/advisory-council|publisher=Children's Health Fund}}
• Harvard School of Public Health: Leadership Council
• Global Health Council: Board of Directors 2004-2012, Interim President and CEO 2009 and 2011; and Chair, 2009-2012{{cite news|last=Olson|first=David|title=JSI President Joel Lamstein Appointed Chair of Global Health Council Board; Three New Board Members Elected|url=http://www.globalhealth.org/assets/press/nr_20100624_lamstein_board.pdf|accessdate=21 January 2011|newspaper=Global Health Council|date=24 June 2010}}
• University of Michigan School of Public Health: Dean's Advisory Board
• Physicians for Human Rights: Board of Directors (2009-2017){{cite web|title=PHR Board of Directors: Joel Lamstein|url=http://physiciansforhumanrights.org/about/board_bios/joel-lamstein.html|publisher=Physicians for Human Rights|accessdate=8 April 2011}}

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• [http://www.worlded.org/ World Education website]
• [http://www.jsi.com/ John Snow, Inc website]
• [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joel-lamstein Lamstein's blogs posted by Huffington Post]

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